Shoe-stretcher.



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UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEioEi.

THOMAS J. ALDRIDGE AND MATTHEW A. REILLY, or' ROCHESTER, NEW Yom?.

SHOE-STRETCHER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J une di, 1910.

Application led Marchal, 1910. Serial No. 550,754.

Be it known that we, THoMAs- J. AL-

nnmon and MnfrrnEw A. REILLY, citizens of i the United States,

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`and illustrated in the county of Monroe and State of.NeW York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shoe-Stretehers, 'of which the tollowingis a specification.

-This invention relates to boot and shoe trees and is designed to construct a 'device of this `nature wherein the tree is operated from above and consequently does not damage the heel and is l'lot interferedl with thereby.

lfVith the above and other objects in view,`

this invention consists of the construction, combination and arrangement of partsall as hereinafter more fully described, claimed in the accompanying drawings, wherein: i

Figure 1 is a top plan View of a. device constructed in accordance with tl'le'pl'esent invention; Fig. 2 is an elevation of one-half thereof; Fig'. 3 is a perspective. View of the 'pivotal 4plate carriedthereby; F Ll is a section; lF 5 is a section taken along lille 5-5 of Fig'u 2; Fig. 6 is a perspective view of a plateY adjustably carried Iby the tree whereby impressions may be made in the shoe for the accommodation of corne, buniolls and the like.

The yshoe .tree forming the subject-matter ot' the present invention con'lprifies'a tree of thensual type constructed in'the halves l0 and l1, each ot said halves having a passage l2 Aformed therein7 said passages coinciding, which extend obliquely i'ronl the uppt. portion of the treo to the tread thereof. The lower extremity oli the passage are flared' to fol'ln an elllalgelllent which aceollllllo-4 dates the spreading melllber. At the beginlling oi the passage adjacent to the top of the tree, tho same is .folllled obliquely, and is at approxilllately right angles to said passage.

A plate. l-i is carried by the straight portion, and is rigidly secured by the bolts passing' through tho openings l5 to the hall ll ot' the tree. Adjacent to the`lower extrelllitv oi said 'plate aresecured the pins lt which pass through each half of the shoe tree and engage the plate 17 eonntersunk ill the lower portion oi the heel. These pills form the pivotal connection in vcombinaresiding at Rochester,

ber 21 which toward the 'plate spring 22 operates vbetween A plunger 1.8 reciproeates in the pas-'sage 12 and pro1ects through an: opening 19- formed in the plate where it is engagedr hy the plunger screw 20. At the lower endl oithis plunger is formed the spreadingmelm coincides to a certain degree with the slope given the flared' portionfl, lV hen 'the spreading member 2l is drawn ltit will readily be seen and 1l are separatedvv i i the platelet and spreading member 21 and 1lorlnally"tendsto force the same downward.

In order to provide a means whereby imthat the halves l() vpressions may be made in the shoe to'accommodate bilnions, oorns and the like, a plurality of openings 23 are formed therein.

-A plate 24 adapted to conform 'with the contour of bnnions andthe like is adapted to be carried n said openings by the stud 25 formed on the lower surface thereof.

Having thus described the invention, what we claim as new and desire to secure by'liet# ters Patent ofthe United States is:

l. A device of the class described formed in halves, each half having a channel formed therein, the lower extremities ,of said chair nels being flared, a plate carried by one of'- said halves, pivotal members passing through said plate connecting said halves,

and a plunger reciprocating in said channel carrying a spreading member, said plunger being operated from above.

2. A device of the 'class described formed in halves, each llalil having a channel formed therein, said channels being flared at their lower extremities, a platecarlied by one ofsaid halves, pivotal members carried by said plate connecting said halves, a plunger carried by said plate and reciproeatin;Y .in said channel, a spreading member carried at the lower extremity of said plunger, and a spring interposed between said spreading member and thevplate.

In testimony whereof we affix our signal tures ln presence of two witnesses.

THOMAS J. ALDRIDGE. MAlTHEw A. REILLY.

Witnesses MARTIN DAVIS, RAY OBRIEN. 

